INTELLIGENCE FOR SPACE ROBOTICS

摘要

Space exploration missions employ robots, instrumented with a variety of sensors and tools, on remote planetary surfaces, on orbit, or as assistants to astronauts. The utility of space robots is a function of their ability to move about, perform work, and explore intelligently without frequent contact with, or strong reliance on, human operators. This requires capabilities for sensing and perception of surrounding unstructured or uncharted environments. It also requires intelligent reasoning about perceptions to perform tasks in a purposeful and reliable manner in such environments. As such, robotic intelligence or autonomy is closely related to success of space missions involving robots and automated space systems.